टौंस

Hindi

Alternative forms

• टोंस (ṭons)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *temH-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *témHos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *támHas

Sanskrit तमस् (tamas)

Sanskrit तमसा (tamasā)

Hindi टौंस

Inherited from Sanskrit तमसा (tamasā, “Tons river”) with spontaneous retroflexion, from तमस् (tamas, “darkness”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *témHos (“darkness”).

Cognate to English Thames.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʈɔːns/, [ʈɔ̃ːns]

Proper noun

टौंस • (ṭauns) f (Urdu spelling ٹَوںس)

1. Tamsa, Tamasa, Tons (a river and tributary of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, India)

   Synonym: तमसा (tamsā)

2. Tons (a river and tributary of the Yamuna in Uttarakhand, India)

Declension

Declension of टौंस (sg-only fem cons-stem)

	singular
direct	टौंस ṭauns
oblique	टौंस ṭauns
vocative	टौंस ṭauns

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “टौंस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha